Sam Mule, 37, was called an independent bootlegger in Chicago, hard to believe any still existed in the Windy City in 1932 but there you go. And on this date in said year, Sam went the way of all gangster flesh.
Sam had a headquarters located at 325 Menomonee Street. Two days prior to his death two men and a woman rented a room on the first floor of 327 Menomonee. There was a small passage way between the buildings that Sam had to traverse when leaving his HQ, For two days his killers patiently waited for an opportunity, supposedly one came that night but they didn't get him because he was with his wife and back then killers had some manners. Two days later though, as Mule was exiting his place he passed the window of the apartment at 327, it was at head level and Mule was only about three feet away. One shot was fired from a shot gun and took off the top of Mule's head.
Witnesses reported that two men, also armed with a shotgun, were headed towards the front of the building when the shot was fired and they quickly turned around and jumped into a car and left. It was thought that they were coming to make sure Mule didn't get away if the window shooter missed.
It was hypothesized that Mule was executed for defying the Capone syndicate.
Sam Mule
